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Rating: Null/10 (18 December 2002)

If you do not like this movie... you don't like movies. Just give a
short verbal description of the story to a friend and they become very
interested in seeing it. And why shouldn't they? It sounds so unusual,
and it has built in metaphors galore. The fact that it is an English
spoken Italian movie somehow enhances the surreal mood. The awkwardness
of the dialogue's phrasing and rhythm is a kind of jazz which compels
you to listen to our own language with a little more attentiveness-
especially set against the synchopation of the outstanding music. (The
music should have been listed in the credits as part of the cast, it is
that important to the film.) I am often perplexed by what the "white
bread" sect falls all over themselves to see. A movie like "Castaway"
will be in every theater in America for 2 months, when it is essentially
a dull movie with alot of product placement and a completely overdone
plane crash scene. Wow, considering it's success, I guess the most
important product placement was Tom Hanks. The Legend Of 1900 gives you
so much more than your average movie. This may be an odd comparison,
but, if you like the children's book "The Polar Express" you will love
this movie................................